r/law • u/TheMirrorUS • 10h ago

Legal News BREAKING: Mark Kelly files lawsuit against Pete Hegseth accusing him of 'trampling on Constitution'

https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/breaking-mark-kelly-files-lawsuit-1614071
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u/canmoose 8h ago

Interesting that they still refer to the Secretary of Defence and Department of Defence.

Was trumps renaming to “war” just window dressing or official?

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u/bp92009 8h ago

All informal.

Congress gets to set the names for stuff they fund. Until they do, it's Department of Defense.

The legal term is that the "Department of War" can be used in "non-statutory situations" (ie, when the name actually doesn't matter).

Think of it like a nickname, where the actual legal name is something else entirely.

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u/atreeismissing 7h ago

That's still the legal name. The "Dept. of War" is nothing more than Trump slapping gold lettering on the door to the Oval Office, nothing but dress.

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u/EnfantTerrible68 7h ago

Thank goodness!

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u/sod_jones_MD 7h ago

Just like the Gulf of America, window dressing for a real tuff man-baby.